[OpenFontLibrary] Copyrights of Typefaces

[Dave Crossland]

Hi,

That would be bad.

Regards, Dave

On 13 May 2009, 6:05 PM, <Fontfreedom at aol.com> wrote:

 >>>Indeed, for legitimate revivals of old
>>>printed typefaces that are in public domain
>>
>> Remember, ALL printed typefaces are in the Public Domain, irregardless of
>> the copyright status of the fonts they were created from. (In the United
>> States. Other countries laws differ considerably.)
>
>So therefore how can you say "ALL printed typefaces are in the Public
>Domain"? Clearly they are not.
>
>The UK has a 25 year copyright term. What other countries have such
copyrights?

I specifically say "In the United States. Other countries laws differ
considerably."
Someone or some group in the United States could create a web site with a
rasterized typeface library showing each glyph (at a very large size) of
every typeface in existance, including those created from commercial fonts.
Perhaps it would be a good project idea?

FF

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